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Where I Can Download Cisco IOS Softwares

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Note that a CCO (Cisco login) and valid service contract are required for many items.

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You should always download them from Cisco’s site. You’ll need to have a valid smartnet account and login to have the ability to download them.

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You make an interesting point about security flaws and software updates. In many of the vulnerability announcements that Cisco releases there is a provision for routers not under maintenance contract to obtain a software update that addresses the vulnerability directly from Cisco TAC and without charge.

So let us consider a couple matters of practicality: 1) Is your router eligible for support updates? For every router model Cisco establishes a date after which that model is no longer sold and then a date after which it will not support the software. So what model of router do you have and has it reached its End Of Support Date? If your router is past its End Of Support Date then there will be no security updates. But if your router is still an officially supported model then there is some possibility that you could get an update from TAC. 2) Officially Cisco says that it will do software replacement for original licensed purchaser of the router. Their rationale is that while hardware can be sold and transferred to a new owner, that the software is sold to the original owner and software is not transferable. If you are not the original licensed owner of the router then TAC may hang up on that. But it may be worth it to contact Cisco TAC and ask them about security updates and see what happens.

I am not expert in Packet Tracer and will leave it to other readers in the forum to address that part of your question.